My Light In The Dark

My Light In The Dark

TaleHammer · August 23, 2019 · Adventure, 2D, Short, Dark, Pixel Graphics

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About My Light In The Dark

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My Light In The Dark is a narrative adventure where you search for clues and objects to help a girl escape her abusive mother's house and uncover dark family secrets. This intimate story delivers an emotionally charged escape scenario built in just two weeks, blending puzzle-solving with meaningful storytelling.

My Light In The Dark is a short story about a girl who lives with her abusive mother. The girl finds out some dark secrets about her mother, and she has to find a way to escape the house.

My Light In The Dark — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

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My Light In The Dark resonates with players as a touching, atmospheric visual novel with an emotionally impactful story about depression and inner struggle, complemented by soft art style and melancholic music that effectively sets the mood. Players praise the narrative depth and meaningful choice system, though some criticize it as a simple RPG Maker project with minimal gameplay complexity. Most reviewers suggest it's worthwhile as a short, contemplative experience rather than a traditional game.

Recommended Aug 1, 2026
Absolutely thumbs up. A great, short game with a plot that hits you in the feels. 8/10
Not recommended Feb 5, 2026
RPG Maker strikes again! This is yet another low effort pixelcrap RPG Maker asset flip made with a game construction kit designed for children to use. Almost every RPG Maker asset flip is just a bunch of stock RPG Maker assets mixed with cringe-inducing high school anime club dropout fan-fiction. The "developer" here didn't know how to make a JRPG with RPG Maker, which is the only thing it's for, and instead, worse, copy + pasted out a godawful more-book-than-game asset flipped RPG Maker asset flip "adventure game" asset flip that was insincerely bashed together for a game jam (yes, not intended for gamers, not a real game, just a tech demo as the developer tried to win a prize for showing how he can take other people's RPG Maker assets and put his own name on them). So basically the developer wrote about the absolute most popular topic across just about every RPG Maker asset flip I've ever see... yes, little girls. I don't know why RPG Maker asset flippers are so obsessed with little girls, and I don't want to. This time the little girls mother is creepy and abusive, and so you go on a pointless pixelcrap collection adventure to explore the badly written high school anime club…
Recommended Nov 8, 2025
Игра 'My Light In The Dark' – это трогательная и атмосферная визуальная новелла, которая заставляет задуматься о важных жизненных вопросах. История о девушке, страдающей от депрессии и борющейся с внутренними демонами, глубоко резонирует с личным опытом многих игроков. Рисовка выполнена в мягком, пастельном стиле, что прекрасно передает настроение безысходности и надежды. Музыкальное сопровождение ненавязчиво и создает меланхоличную атмосферу, идеально дополняя повествование. Геймплей прост, но эффективен: выбор реплик влияет на развитие сюжета и концовку. Важно быть внимательным к словам и действиям, ведь от них зависит, сможет ли главная героиня найти свет в темноте. Несмотря на деликатную тему, игра не скатывается в излишнюю драму. Она рассказывает реалистичную историю о борьбе с ментальными проблемами, о важности поддержки и о возможности найти свое место в мире. 'My Light In The Dark' – это не просто игра, это интерактивный опыт, который оставляет след в душе. Рекомендую всем, кто ищет глубокую и эмоциональную историю.
Recommended Oct 9, 2025
---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☑ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☑ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☑ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☑ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☑ Short ☐ Average ☐ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☑ It's free! ☐ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☑ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoy…
Recommended May 26, 2025
Fun art style, great story, and easy enough interactive things that i could figure out and still feel smart
Recommended Apr 13, 2025
The only-kid of some awful woman needs better parents. Found in an unstable house-hold, Perdita needs to live a different life. Finding a way to escape is her best option. How could someone live under such depreciation and low conditions? Could it actually be worse? Perdita doesn't know half of the story... yet. Once she has the opportunity to adventure her Mothers room, she'll stumble upon a lot more than what she expected. [Story] This story has an neat dark development to it. It is a short one, but it starts and ends well, without dwelling on unnecessary matters, like a dark cherry: small and sweet. The story keeps the players attention and keeps a nice pace to things. [Gameplay] Gameplay is simple and intuitive. No difficult puzzles. Nothing notable [Sound Design] The soundtracks are nice and add well to the dark theme. [CONCLUSION] A short sad story, dark theme and well paced progression: 7/10

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